Thin leaf or fabric and method of making the same.



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To all whom it m aty c or'tcern:

. ENRYR; GREGORY; OFNEW YORK; N. Y.,-ASSIGNOR TO WALTER AJKER,

PATENT OFFICE.

' BROOKLYN, YORK. Ti-iliu LEAFHOR FA RIo AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

l Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

Application n January 31,1906. Serial No. 298.893.

Be it known that I, HENRY R. GREGORY,

a citizen of the'United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Thin Leaf or Fabric and the Method of Makin the Same, of which the following b is a speci cation.

' My invention consists in the method of forming a thin leaf or fabric which is made to imitate metal leaf-such, for instance, as gold-leaf,silverleaf, and the likewhich leaf is suitable for use in embossing and decora' the leaf being ex;

tive purposes generally, tremel tenacious and capable of being more easily andled than the gold or other metal leaf itself.

In carrying out my method I combine a volatile solvent, a fiber which acts as a binder, and a coloring-matter and form a leaf therefrom by pouring the same onto a liquid heavier than the volatile solvent and permittin the volatile solvent to evaporate. The su stances which I have found suitable for use and the pro ortions of the same are substantially as f0 lows: I dissolve onequarter of a pound of what is commonly known in the art as soluble cotton in one gallon of what is commonly known in the art as amyl-oil. To this solution I add a coloring-matter-such, for instance, as bronze (if it is desired to form an imitation goldleaf)and then thoroughly mix the same, the proportions being substantially four parts of the solution of cotton and amyl-oil to one part of the bronze. This mixture 1s poured onto water confined in a vessel. A thin leaf or fabric is ra idly formed on the surface of the water by the evaporation of the amyl-oil, thus leaving the cotton fiber im- 'pregnated with the coloring-matter. This ormation of the leaf occurs in a ver short he leaf may then be removed from the surface of the water and cut up into the desired sizes.

What I claim 1s- 1. The method of forming a thin leaf or fabric com rising the followin steps: combining a voatile solvent, a binder and a coloring-matter and pouring the same onto a liqmd heavier than the volatile solvent.

2. The method of forming a thin leaf or fabric comprising the following steps: comining a volatile oil, a binder and a coloringmatter and pouring the same onto a liquid heavier than the oil.

3. The method of forming a thin leaf or fabric comprising the followin steps: combining a volatile solvent, solub e cotton and a coloring-matter and ouring the same onto a liquid heavier than t e volatile solvent.

4. The method of forming a thin leaf or fabric comprising the followin steps: dissolving soluble cotton in a volatiTe oil, adding a coloring-matter thereto and pouring the same onto a liquid heavier than the oil.

5. The method of forming a thin leaf or fabric comprising the following steps: dissolving soluble cotton in amyl oil, adding a coloring-matter thereto and pouring the same onto a liquid heavier than the oil.

6. The method of forming a thin leaf or fabric comprising the followin steps: dissolving soluble cotton in amy -.oil, adding bronze thereto and pouring the same onto a liquid heavier than the oil.

7. The method of forming a thin leaf or fabric comprising the following steps: dissolving soluble cotton in amyl-oil in substan-. tially the following proportions; oneuarter pound of soluble cotton to one gallon o amyloil and combining therewith a coloring-matter in the roportlons of one art of co oringmatter to our parts of the so ution and pouring the same onto a liquid heavier than the o1 In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 30th day of anuary, 1906.

I HENRY R. GREGORY.

Witnesses:

HENRY THIEME, F. Gnonen BARRY. 

